To ease the operation of non-scheduled flights in the country’s airspace, the Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday extended the air defense clearance for them. From now on, air defense clearance will be valid for such flights for three hours from their planned departure time. Till now, the ADC window was valid only for 45 minutes.
In a series of tweets, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said, “A significant milestone achieved! MoCA, Air Headquarters and AAI joined hands to extend the window of validity of Air Defense Clearance (ADC). ADC is the necessary permission for all domestic non-scheduled works.”
“ADC, which used to be valid for 45 minutes from the earlier planned departure time, will now be valid for 3 hours. This will bring ease of operation for non-scheduled flight operators, including medical evacuation flights (sic).”
ADC is a permission that all domestic non-scheduled flights have to take to operate in Indian airspace.
Meanwhile, in separate tweets, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday shared pictures of a concept model of a hybrid flying car being developed by Vinata Aeromobility.
“The concept model of Asia’s soon to be built hybrid flying car has been introduced by the young team of @VAeromobility,” the minister said.
According to him, once it takes off, the flying cars will be used to transport people and cargo as well as provide medical emergency services.
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